β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.
β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.